Cancer Education

Lesson 3

Diet & Exercise

Learning Objectives slide 2

• How to keep healthy and what influences health….

Learning Outcomes slide 3

• Know what foods to eat to help them prevent cancer

• Understand how foods help prevent cancer

• Know the importance of exercise in preventing cancer

Boys & Girls Top Ten Favourite Foods slide 4

Boys1: Pizza2: Chocolate3: Ice Cream4: Chocolate biscuits5: Fruit juice6: Ice lollies7: Fizzy drinks8: Pasta9: Cakes10: Crisps

Girls1: Chocolate2: Strawberries3: Fruit juice4: Pasta5: Pizza6: Ice Cream7: Grapes8: Ice lollies9: Chocolate biscuits10: Cakes

Do we agree? Slide 5

• Boys eat a less healthy diet than girls

• Boys don’t eat as much fruit or as many vegetables as girls

The diet of a Teenager? Slide 6Bowl of Frosties - 5

Drink of Tea - 5

Sausage roll - 10

Played 50 minutes of football + 15

Burger and Fries - 10

Can of Coke - 5

Apple + 10

Ready meal Chicken Korma, white rice (- 5) and Naan bread (- 5)

- 10

Biscuits - 5

Can of fizzy Orange - 5

How certain foods & activities can help?

• Anti-oxidants

• Organic foods

• Fish Oils

slide 7

How others can damage our health.

• Reduce dairy intake

• Cut out salt

• Reduce sugar

• BBQ Foods

• Fizzy Drinksslide 8

Exercise! Slide 9

• Football/Netball/Rugby/Hockey

• Running

• Swimming

• Aerobics

• Walking

• Cycling

• Yoga or Martial Arts

Summary slide 10

• Eat less rather than more• Eat fresh and in season. Eat vegetables

as near to raw state as possible • Eat slowly and digest food better• Make your own muesli – see recipe • Make your own vegetable and fruit juices• Drink plenty of water • Exercise to keep fit and reduce stress

Muesli breakfast recipe Slide 11

• 2 dessertspoonful Oats • 1 dessertspoonful Pumpkin seeds• 1 dessertspoonful sunflower seeds• 1 dessertspoonful sesame seeds• 1 dessertspoonful linseed• Raisins • Brazil nuts• Walnuts• Almonds• Chopped apricots• Soya, or reduced fat milk (unsweetened, best cold)

Muesli breakfast notes Slide 12

This will be helping to reduce the risk of cancer because

1. Eating breakfast reduces the need for big meals later in the day and raises your metabolic rate – gives you more energy.

2. It is also a slow release carbohydrate meal so it will last you the morning there are no peaks and troughs in energy levels and therefore it keeps insulin levels more stable.